Ellen Bruno

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Ellen Bruno is an award-winning documentary filmmaker with a background in international relief work. Ellen's films have focused on issues at the forefront of human rights, including sex trafficking in Burma, political prisoners in Tibet, the social alienation of people with leprosy, and genocide in Cambodia.

Ellen Bruno is an award-winning documentary filmmaker with a background in international relief work. Ellen's films have focused on issues at the forefront of human rights, including sex trafficking in Burma, political prisoners in Tibet, the social alienation of people with leprosy, and genocide in Cambodia.

Ellen earned an MA in Film at Stanford University. She is a recipient of Guggenheim and Rockefeller Fellowships, a Goldie Award for Outstanding Artists, an Alpert Award for the Arts, and an Anonymous Was A Woman Award for the Arts, and she was an Artist-in-Residence at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Ellen serves on the board of the International Buddhist Film Festival, the Pacific Pioneer Fund, and Ethical Traveler.

New Day Films by Ellen Bruno

Awards & Accolades

Best of Festival, National Educational Film Festival
Gold Medal Award, Parent's Choice 2014
Special Jury Award, Sundance Film Festival
Best Documentary, Bay Area San Francisco International Film Festival
Best Film for Juvenile Audiences Film Festival of Youth, Germany
Edward R. Murrow Award
Best Educational Politics Film Oberhausen Film Festival, Germany
Student Academy Award Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science
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